Oogie Boogie
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Oogie Boogie is the fictional main villain in the Tim Burton-produced Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. Oogie Boogie is a giant brown burlap sack holding millions of bugs inside him and, as he explains in his theme song, is the gambling sort by nature and loves to gamble (unfairly) when the lives of others are on the line. In all of his appearances, he is voiced by Ken Page.
He kidnaps Sally and Santa Claus but dies after Jack Skellington pulls a thread loose on him, which causes all but one of his bugs to escape and get destroyed by fire (the last one was stepped on by "Sandy"). He also made an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts video game series, meeting his demise the same way that his bugs keep spilling out of him.
[[The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King|The Pumpkin King]]
In the video game prequel to TNBC, Oogie's origins and the birth of his rivalry with Jack were revealed. As it turns out, he once had his own holiday, Bug Day, that was (most likely) forgotten from the people of the real world and as such, it vanished. Unfortunately, Oogie escaped, found Halloween Town and decided that this would be the new Bug Day. He and his army of insects invaded the town and nearly took it over. Jack found out and he defeated the bugs and Oogie. Seeing as this game is a prequel, Oogie survived the battle and all the other holidays aren't involved.[[The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge|Oogie's Revenge]]
In the 2005 video game, Oogie was resurrected from death by his henchmen, Lock, Shock, and Barrel. He quickly deceived the residents of Halloween Town and tricked the townfolk into making traps for his arch enemy, Jack Skellington. Oogie attempted to become the Seven Holidays King. He successfully kidnapped the real leaders and tried to murder Santa Claus again but his plans were foiled by Jack and he gets killed again, but not before putting up a fight by turning into a gigantic, junk-filled version of himself.
One of the Disney villains allied with Maleficent, Oogie wanted the heart that Jack created to take control of the Heartless and use them to take over Halloween Town. He succeeded in part, swallowing the artificial Heart, but the Heart was faulty and he couldn't summon that many Heartless. He tried to destroy Sora, Jack, and the others by throwing them into a giant death roulette machine, but was defeated and killed, his seams coming undone and spilling all the bugs he had contained inside himself out. However, because he had swallowed the Heart, the energies inside of it resurrected him, merging him with his manor. His one weak points were orbs of darkness that sustained his life. However Sora destroyed them all, slaying him yet again, Oogie's manor form crumbling into dust.
[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Chain of Memories]]
Created from Sora's memories of Halloween Town, Oogie Boogie stole Doctor Finklestein's special potion that is said to bring "true memories." After he drinks it, he begins to feel intense fear (presumably of what happened to him) and Sora defeated him. He also appeared in Riku's story as the boss of Halloween Town.Oogie was resurrected by Maleficent as part of her plan to take over Christmas Town while making Santa Claus into "Santa Heartless". However, Oogie Boogie, still weak from being revived and suffering from anterograde amnesia, drove Maleficent away. Oogie converted Santa's present machine into a machine that summoned "Heartless" presents. But he was defeated and killed yet again. Donald Duck also squashed the final bug to make sure that Oogie doesn't return. Oogie Boogie is the only villain besides Pete that Maleficent directly interacts with instead of sending Pete to enforce her will.
Near the end of Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, Oogie, with a Santa Claus beard and a candy cane, appears and has a few lines just before the guests see his henchmen: Lock, Shock and Barrel. Ken Page also voiced him here.
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